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If you can take the rock out the tank, place I flat screwdriver into the rock and try break a piece of the rock off under the ric, so then the ric should come off with a piece of rock still attached to its foot.

Google it, but you can cut them and they should grow back and you will get 2 "new" rics in a few weeks (if you cut it in half) once healed and where it was cut off should grow a new one! just make sure that the cut is done right...something to do with the mouth!

Google it, but you can cut them and they should grow back and you will get 2 "new" rics in a few weeks (if you cut it in half) once healed and where it was cut off should grow a new one! just make sure that the cut is done right...something to do with the mouth!

Use the back of a teaspoon to gently pry the ric off the rock without damaging the foot too much. Or you could use Manic's idea of breaking it off with a piece of rock attached to it's foot which would be better. If you want to frag it then you'll have to cut it in half through the mouth.

thanks for all the advice so far!Well breaking the rock is not really a opsion because chances are good the mushroom will break of with the ric then we are back to sqaure one.I did not plan to frag but if i can then that would be great!

thanks for all the advice so far!Well breaking the rock is not really a opsion because chances are good the mushroom will break of with the ric then we are back to sqaure one.I did not plan to frag but if i can then that would be great!

That looks fairly easy to do.Thanks for the pics they will help alot.And once ive done it like you did.....do i just cut it in the middle to frag it?And what can i mount them on?and how/what is the best/simplist way to do it??

I dont have photos to back my experience, but i have fragged miniature sections from my rics before (not cut them through the centre of the mouth). I would then put them in a net under light or in an area with no flow so they couldnt blow around. Within 2 weeks that tiny section would have grown a mini mouth and a few months later it is a fully formed sizeable leaf!? I have done it with Ricordia Yumas and Floridias.

This has worked every time for me. Rics are strong little b#ggers. I have even dropped one in my Skimate overflow by accident once while relocating some live rock. I then took some time to sift through the mess to find it. Washed it off with saltwater and put it back in the tank and he's big and strong now! haha